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mayo / environment Monday March 16, 2009 - 21:02 by harry
 10 comments (last - sunday march 22, 2009 - 13:25)  6 images
Monday, 16th March 2009, seven members of the Rossport Solidarity Camp occupied the Shell office in Belmullet, County Mayo, for over an hour, in support of Maura Harrington. Maura has now been in jail for six days of her thirty day sentence. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment Monday March 16, 2009 - 17:49 by SEED
11 comments (last - sunday june 14, 2009 - 21:28) 8 images
SEED had a day out on Sunday. The beautiful weather shone on us as we started the community garden in Swords. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues Monday March 16, 2009 - 17:15 by T
7 comments (last - tuesday march 31, 2009 - 00:55)
Details are becoming available on the depth of the severe cutbacks in our public transport service from Dublin Bus. Some of the buses have posted up a list of the routes affected. This is a callout for people to take a snap of the list (with their camera phone) for their area and then to later add to the list here, so that the full picture or the entire Dublin area can become clear. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Monday March 16, 2009 - 15:24 by Belfast WSM
The need to agitate, organise and educate was the key message emerging from the recent Belfast Anarchist ‘Day School’. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 16, 2009 - 14:16 by DunloT
14 comments (last - sunday march 07, 2010 - 16:02) 11 images  2 video files
For the past number of weeks, disreputable Aldi have been fraudently selling Israeli ruby red grapefruit labeled; Produce of Cyprus and this offence is being currently investigated by Environmental Health Officers from the Health Service Executive who are under contract to Food Safety Authority of Ireland. Further, it is reliably reported that the Cypriot ambassador to Ireland, Sotos A. Liassides has referred this matter back to his government for vigorous action and in the meantime has asked Aldi to remove all reference to Cyprus on the grapefruit labels, commenting that Aldi are "trying desperately to get rid of their (Israeli grapefruit) stock by presenting it as Cypriot." ... read full story / add a comment
derry / anti-war / imperialism Monday March 16, 2009 - 10:33 by Shane O'Curry
2 comments (last - monday march 23, 2009 - 13:23)
There was the whiff of something in the Derry air. The constantly rising civilian death toll in Gaza had already produced the same outpourings of rage on the streets of Derry as it had around the world. Thousands of signatures had been gathered calling on Raytheon to be given the boot, while ever larger crowds had gathered for vigils at the cenotaph, marches through the city, rallies at the Guildhall and at a nonviolent blockade of Raytheon itself. Now more and more of us were becoming determined that we do not have to resign to feelings of helplessness in the face of Israel’s war atrocities. Our burning rage was igniting something positive. ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Sunday March 15, 2009 - 16:21 by a-films
On 19 December 2008, approximately 150 undocumented migrants and solidarity activists occupied the Prediger Church in Zurich (Switzerland) for more than two weeks. The squatters demanded a just implementation of the hardship provision, the abolition of the prohibition of work and the legalization of the status of all undocumented migrants. Now, a 30-minute documentary about the action was published. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday March 15, 2009 - 13:15 by Paula Geraghty
1 comment (last - sunday march 15, 2009 - 13:36) 17 images
Friday 13th March over 500 workers from SR Technics marched through Dublin City Centre to lobby the EU Commision Office in Dublin to make the Zurich based company change it's mind about relocating a profitable and highly skilled industry from Dublin to Abu Dabi. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment Sunday March 15, 2009 - 11:14 by Andrew
7 comments (last - sunday march 15, 2009 - 22:30) 15 images
Around 50 people gathered at the GPO in Dublin yesterday to demand the release of Shell to Sea campaigner Maura Harrington. After a short period at the GPO we went up to Mountjoy prison where Maura has been held since Wednesday evening. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Saturday March 14, 2009 - 20:19 by Contaminated Crow
A compost yard, two waste facilities, a windfarm, water extraction, possible lead mining and a council depot ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Friday March 13, 2009 - 22:24 by TD
27 comments (last - saturday march 21, 2009 - 20:48) 5 images 1 video file 3 attached files
Besides the draconian and unjust imprisonment of Maura Harrington for the relatively mild offence of slapping a Guard across the face during of the course of a Shell operation in which 20 protestors were injured by Garda acting as Shell's thugs and battering ram in forcing a path for a digger and which none of them have been brought to book, it was the sinister decision of Judge Devins for Maura Harrington to be psychiatrically assessed that drew the most condemnation and fire, notably Senator David Norris who described it as "terribly, terribly, dangerous.” ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Friday March 13, 2009 - 17:22 by Shell to Sea
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There was a support demonstration at the Department of Justice today in Dublin in support of Maura Harrington. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday March 13, 2009 - 16:16 by Shell to Sea
5 comments (last - thursday march 26, 2009 - 18:35) 1 image
Maura Harrington's husband Naoise is not allowed to visit her every day while she is locked up in Mountjoy Prison. He is instead remaining outside the gates of the jail and teling passers-by what is happening between the visits he is allowed. Many cars are beeping as they go by and many people are stopping to take leaflets and chat. He will be there until at least 6PM today. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday March 12, 2009 - 21:13 by Alan Davis
14 comments (last - friday april 24, 2009 - 07:59)
The Societies Guild at UCC has twice rejected applications to set up a pro-choice society on campus on the spurious grounds that this issue is already covered by other groups - including in their first rejection the ludicrous suggestion that this was done by the anti-choice "Students for Life". ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / crime and justice Thursday March 12, 2009 - 18:52 by C
18 comments (last - friday january 18, 2013 - 19:14) 4 images 1 video file
I just received a text from Niall Harnett saying that he just managed to walk and doctors are reasonably happy that no serious damage has be done to his back and neck. He has soft tissue trauma to the upper back and neck. He may be released tonight. A hospitalised S2S man had his prosecution case thrown out today despite fax from hospital explaining that he was unable to attend court. ... read full story / add a comment 
kilkenny / animal rights Thursday March 12, 2009 - 14:13 by Bernie Wright
3 comments (last - sunday march 29, 2009 - 01:45) 1 image
The Alliance for Animal Rights who are totally opposed to the use of animals are glad to hear of a welcome development in Ormonde College, kilkenny.We hope the use of audio-visual approaches as opposed to animal experiments at Ormond college will spread within the research community. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / crime and justice Thursday March 12, 2009 - 08:56 by Rudiger
14 comments (last - tuesday march 31, 2009 - 13:50) 4 images 1 video file
Yesterday evening Shell to Sea spokesperson Maura Harrington was sentenced to 28 days in prison in relation to an assault charge arising from the incident at Pollathomais Pier on the 11th June 2007. This was the incident in which Garda led by Superintendent Joe Gannon with the assistance of a Shell digger forced their way onto private property, against the wishes of the landowner, so that Shell could place a portacabin at the base of the pier. Maura Harrington has been brought to Mountjoy Prison. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / consumer issues Thursday March 12, 2009 - 01:00 by Shell to Sea
2 comments (last - monday march 16, 2009 - 14:49) 5 images 1 video file
Sentenced to one month in prison for protesting against Shell Another Shell to Sea protester was imprisoned today when retired school teacher Maura Harrington was given a one month sentence for supposedly assaulting a garda on June 11th 2007. She received a round of applause from the people in the court as she was led off the the prison van, much to the judge's displeasure. Harrington was also ordered to pay a one thousand euro fine and one thousand euro to the Garda benevolent fund (she refused to agree to the latter). She arrived in Dublin tonight to be held in Mountjoy Prison on the North Circular Road. There was the usual heavy police presence, and when supporters gathered around the van to let her know they were there, the gardaí responded in the only way they know how, with violence. Since the protests against Shell started a large number of people have been injured by garda actions. Some have even been hospitalised, but not a single garda has been pros ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / animal rights Wednesday March 11, 2009 - 20:25 by Stephan Wymore
2 comments (last - thursday march 12, 2009 - 13:07) 2 images
On March 10th more than 50 ARAN members and supporters came and went during our lively lunchtime demonstration outside the EU Parliament offices in Dublin to urge Irish MEP’s to support an upcoming vote for a ban on seal ‘products’ from Canada into Europe. The aim of the demonstration was also to raise vital awareness of the campaign to passersby and members of the public. Tons of leaflets, bumper stickers and posters were distributed to educate and raise further awareness. As with all of ARAN’s work, we strive to ensure education is our primary focus. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday March 11, 2009 - 17:25 by Pollytix
107 comments (last - monday april 06, 2009 - 10:43) 8 images 6 video files
Veteran Shell to Sea Campaigner, Maura Harrington has just been sentenced to 28 days imprisonement in Mountjoy this evening. ... read full story / add a comment |
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